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Guns at airports

Wed, 22 May 2013 01:01:05 MDT

Guns at airports

By jason chaffetz and curt oda

Updated May 22, 2013 01:01AM MDT

Twelve years after the worst terrorist attack in American history, no one can credibly claim ignorance of the law against carrying guns on airplanes. Yet here in Salt Lake City, 18 guns have already been found just in the first five months of 2013. Last year, 20 guns were seized for the whole year. There is no excuse for bringing an undeclared weapon to an airport checkpoint. In 2012, the Transportation Safety Administration discovered some 1,543 firearms in carry-on bags at airport checkpoints...

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News roundup: Boehner to Chaffetz on Benghazi: 'Be patient'

Tue, 21 May 2013 06:52:10 MDT

News roundup: Boehner to Chaffetz on Benghazi: 'Be patient'

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 21, 2013 06:52AM MDT

Tornado kills dozens in Oklahoma. Hatch may back immigration reform. House speaker to Chaffetz: be patient. 'Tis Tuesday, and the nation is in mourning after a powerful tornado ripped through Oklahoma City and a suburb, killing at least 51 people, including 20 children. Two schools were destroyed by the strong winds and scores of homes leveled in what may be one of the most deadliest tornadoes in American history. [NBCNews] Topping the news: Sen. Orrin Hatch says he'll back immigration reform if...

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Chaffetz and the I-word

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:09:58 MDT

Chaffetz and the I-word

Updated May 19, 2013 11:09PM MDT

Re “Chaffetz: Obama impeachment ‘possible’ over Benghazi attack” (Tribune, May 14): I accept Rep. Jason Chattetz’s blowhard grandstanding on almost every issue. His smug pronouncements don’t help solve problems, but they appeal to his political base. They add a lot more heat than light. That’s politics. But mentioning the political nuclear weapon of impeachment for what may be incompetence but probably is just impotence is totally irresponsible. It shows how unfit Chattetz is for the big tent. W...

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Abuse of power

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:09:58 MDT

Abuse of power

Updated May 19, 2013 11:09PM MDT

I totally agree with Rep. Jason Chaffetz that whoever is found guilty of abusing their power at the Internal Revenue Service should be prosecuted and sentenced to prison (“IRS officials should be jailed for tea party scandal, Chaffetz said,” Tribune, May 14). I suggest that Chaffetz begin legal proceedings against former President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney for war crimes, lying to the American people and starting a needless war that has cost our country and the world untold...

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What about Bush?

Fri, 17 May 2013 01:01:04 MDT

What about Bush?

Updated May 17, 2013 01:01AM MDT

Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, thinks that the terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, may be grounds for impeaching the president (“Chaffetz: Obama impeachment ‘possible’ over Benghazi attack,” Tribune, May 14). Does he likewise think that President George W. Bush should have been impeached for the attacks on U.S. missions in foreign countries that resulted in loss of American lives on his watch? • 2002, Karachi, Pakistan, 12 dead • 2004, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 2 dead • 2006, ...

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A flood of scandal

Thu, 16 May 2013 08:03:52 MDT

A flood of scandal

Updated May 16, 2013 08:03AM MDT

Utah’s Rep. Jason Chaffetz is having the time of his life, throwing around words like “fired,” prosecuted” and “impeachment” as a disturbing flood of scandal flows from the Obama administration. As a member of the Loyal Opposition, and of the House Oversight Committee, he has a proper role in investigating matters such as alleged wrongdoing at the Internal Revenue Service and at the Justice Department. But if the American people are going to have any faith that Chaffetz and the rest of the Repu...

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Bipartisan on the debt

Wed, 15 May 2013 01:01:03 MDT

Bipartisan on the debt

Updated May 15, 2013 01:01AM MDT

For several months I have served on the Utah steering committee of the Campaign to Fix the Debt (www.fixthedebt.org), a national bipartisan group founded to encourage Congress to put our country on a fiscally sustainable path. Utah’s committee — chaired by Scott Anderson and Kem Gardner — is a remarkable group of community leaders from both parties. Last week, I attended a small Fix the Debt meeting with Rep. Jason Chaffetz. My Democratic counterpart was state Sen. Jim Dabakis, chair of the Utah...

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News roundup: Idaho senator's $250K Vegas gamble

Tue, 14 May 2013 08:21:30 MDT

News roundup: Idaho senator's $250K Vegas gamble

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Updated May 14, 2013 08:21AM MDT

Idaho senator's $250k Vegas gamble. Chaffetz: IRS officials could face jail. Justice Department nabbed AP phone records. Happy Tuesday. A lot of politicians invest leftover campaign donations but an aide to Sen. Mike Crapo took it a bit further, forking over $250,000 in contributions to a buddy in Las Vegas to seek a higher return. Turns out, the company Crapo's guy was backing is gone and so, it seems, is the money. That's one point Crapo might want to leave out of fund-raising letters. [States...

IRS officials should be jailed for tea party scandal, Chaffetz said

Mon, 13 May 2013 23:21:46 MDT

IRS officials should be jailed for tea party scandal, Chaffetz said

By Matt Canham The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 13, 2013 11:21PM MDT

Washington • Internal Revenue Service officials responsible for targeting tea party organizations and groups critical of the government should end up behind bars, said Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah. Chaffetz is a member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that will dig into the growing scandal that had politicians from both parties fuming Monday. “Whoever is responsible, whoever was complicit in the execution of this, those who participated in the cover-up, not only should they...

Chaffetz: Obama impeachment ‘possible’ over Benghazi attack

Mon, 13 May 2013 22:58:12 MDT

Chaffetz: Obama impeachment ‘possible’ over Benghazi attack

By Thomas Burr The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 13, 2013 10:58PM MDT

Washington • Rep. Jason Chaffetz says President Barack Obama’s handling of the government’s response to the Benghazi terrorist attack could be an impeachable offense and vows to continue digging at the “lies of highest magnitude” from the White House. “It’s certainly a possibility,” the Utah Republican said Monday when asked about impeachment. “That’s not the goal but given the continued lies perpetrated by this administration, I don’t know where it’s going to go. ... I’m not taking it off the ...

Benghazi witness: Obama aides misled public about attack

Wed, 08 May 2013 21:04:41 MDT

Benghazi witness: Obama aides misled public about attack

By Thomas Burr The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 8, 2013 09:04PM MDT

Washington • The top U.S. diplomat in Libya after the death of Ambassador Chris Stevens says there was no question the mission was under a terrorist attack and that military officials refused to send in a second team of soldiers to help diplomats in jeopardy. Gregory Hicks, the deputy chief of the U.S. mission to the country, also said he believes the administration of President Barack Obama misled Americans about the Sept. 11, 2012, attacks, a point Republicans have stressed and continue to pro...